I'm rather preoccupied with work. I'll follow you later. in Tetun
Ha'u atrapalladu uitoan ho servisu. Orsida mak ha'u tuir.
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Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ita servisu iha rai li'ur, bele manán osan boot maibé servisu todan.If we work overseas, we can earn a lot of money, but the work is hard.
- Loron ida ha'u servisu oras ualu.I work eight hours per day.
- Ema atus rua servisu iha ne'e.Two hundred people work here.
- Ohin dadeer ha'u la bá servisu.This morning I didn't go to work.
- Ki'ikoan sira nia aman ohin bá servisu.The littlies’ father went to work.
- Orsida mak ha'u miss call ba.I’ll give (you) a missed call later.